Actions have always been influenced by politics and consensus. It’s much easier to sort out right and wrong when hindsight is 20/20 and situational ethics having been exposed for what they are. But passions run deep and old ways are hard to change. We also don’t like our dirty laundry aired to the world, even when it’s for our own good.
Read More If you take the humanity out of the process, employees are a lot like equipment. When bulk trucks need repair, fix them promptly and hopefully you won’t lose too many productive days when it’s in the shop.
Read More According to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau, lower back injuries remain the single most common type of work-related injury.
Read More We might not like it, but Forest Gump was right: "Stupid is as stupid does." If that seems a little rough, try explaining cause and origin to the family of a loved one who died.
Read More Concerns for the environment have moved indoors. The health and safety of employees in the workplace have long been an issue with OSHA, but more recently the Environmental Protection Agency has promulgated large spark ignited (LSI) engine emission regulations that are already impacting the forklift market.
Read More When there is financial squeezing going on, most fingers are pointed in opposite directions. One only has to read the long list of attorneys, cause and origin experts, marketers, suppliers and defendants down stream from liability to recognize that interests are being protected at all levels.
Read More As promised, the bobtail tax was slashed and refunds are coming.
Read More Many times managers view the issue of safety through rose-coloredglasses. What we can’t see often looks pretty good, in a compromising sortof way.
Read More New federal regulations aimed at reducing air pollution are likely to have a significant impact on propane-fueled forklifts, including large reductions in per-unit fuel consumption.
Read More The Bush administration has its own work place injury reduction plan to replace the mandatory ergonomics standards withdrawn last year by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration.
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